Joshua 24:1 (YLT)

Passage

And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

Joshua 24:2 And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old--Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor--and they serve other gods;

Joshua 24:3 and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "joshua", "gathereth", "tribes", "israel", "shechem", "calleth", and "elders". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joshua" and "gathereth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Joshua saith unto all the people...", so "joshua" and "gathereth" should be read forward into that movement. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "joshua" and "gathereth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.